Pant type legless garment



Dec. 21, 1954 L. WALTERS PANT TYPE LEGLESS GARMENT 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed April 2, 1954 .Zhvenfor Lyman Walters MW. MMW

Dec. 21, 1954 WALTERS PANT TYPE LEGLESS GARMENT 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed April 2, 1954 jivenfor Lyman Walters 5 W United States Patent 2 Claims. (Cl. 2-224) Pottsville, Pa., assignor to Jacob Boltz lnc., Pottsville, Pa., a corporation of This invention relates to knit garments of the childrenjs training pant or pantie type. Among the objects of th1s invention are to tmake the main body portion of such a pant of a minimum number of pieces;'hav1ng a mmlmum number of seams and especially with no front seam; having means for obviating drooping of the crotch; giving one direction of stretch in the front and another in the back; and being made of parts so shaped as to dovetail into each other when cut from the knit material as to minimize wastage of material therebetween.

These and possibly other objects are realized by forming the main body portion of the garment of only two pieces of knit material secured together by only three seams wherein there is a vertically-waled horizontally stretchable back panel to whose sides are stitched the ends of the other panel that wraps around the hips of the wearer and is horizontally-waled and thus verticallystretchable. crotch portion therebetween is stitched to the bottom edge of the back panel whose vertical wales hold the crotch against drooping. The other portions of the bottom edge The other panel has leg-openings and the of the other panel are stitched together to complete the form of the garment.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a view in front elevation of a garment constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a view in rear elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a plan of the pattern layout for cutting a plurality of the pairs of pieces for the garment from the tubular knit length of material illustrating the novel manner in which the edges of the pieces interfit to minimize waste of material.

Fig. 4 is a view illustrating two parts or panels of the garment ready for carrying out one stepin joining or the formation of the garment, a corner of each piece being turned up to show the double lamination.

Fig. 5 is a view in perspective of the parts showing the same ready for joining together one side edge of the main panel and an edge of the back panel.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings wherein Figs. 1 and 2 'vely of the completed garment, such garment comprises two main or principal parts which are designated 10 and 12 respectively, disregarding the trimming or accessory materials employed for binding exposed edges.

The part 10 constitutes'a main panel which is formed as a single unit and may be of single or double thicknesses dominal portion 13 and side or hip enclosing portions 14 each terminating in a tapered or pointed wing 14a and the lower crotch or tongue portion 15.

The accessory elements of the garment include and are here shown as the waistband trim 16 and corresponding trim 17 for each of the garment leg openings, the garment being of the legless type as illustrated.

The waistband trim 16 may be in the form of a hem r the like through which may be run a suitable elastic, not shown, if desired.

The two principal parts manner illustrated in Fig. material, if double thickness garment is desired, be cut from a suitable length of single thickness material if a garment of single thickness is to be made.

Fig. 3 illustrates the pattern layout on a length of material such as tubular knitted material, for a plurality of the garments, the length of material being generally designated M. The width of the material is selected in accordance with the size of the garment to be produced and as shown pattern for the parts is laid out so that the main panel portions 10 alternate along or lengthwise of each side portion of the length of material with the back panels 12.

The length of material may be cut by any suitable means, as by hand with scissors, by a suitable mechanical cutting means carrying knives arranged to define the pattern, or by a hand guided cloth cutter following the pattern lines laid out on the clot The pattern as laid out in Fig. 3 shows a plurality of cut lines extending in a direction transversely of the length of material from each longitudinal edge thereof, which lines are alternately designated a and b, and each extends at its inner end slightly beyond the longitudinal center line 0/1 of the piece of material.

Reading from left to right on this figure, the length of material lying between lines ab represents the length of the top edge of the major panel 10 and the length of material lying between the lines b-a represents the length of the sides of the minor panel 12.

Extending in a direction lengthwise of the material major panel 10 may be defined broadly as frusto-deltoid in outline and is formed parts lying between the between the adjacent pair of lines ba [and the lines d each joining the inner end of a line a or The ends of each pair of parallel lines d-e which approach the transverse center of the major panel 10 are joined by the substantially semi-circular cut line 1 which defines a part of the leg opemng of the garment.

It will be seen from the foregoing description and upon reference to Fig. 3 of the drawings, that the pattern layout for producing a number of pairs of panels 10-12 is such that only very small pieces of waste material are length of material. Such pieces of waste material occur between the lines d-d and d-e and are designated by the reference character W.

As indicated by the short double-headed arrows x and y located respectively on the major and minor panels 10 find 12, the wales of the material run lengthwise of the atter.

Fig. 4 illustrates a pair of the panels 10 and 12 as cut from the length of material and in the proper relative positions or relation preparatory to joining the same together for the formation of the garment.

As shown in Fig. 4, the major panel or waist edge 18 and side edges 19 which lar to the edge 18. From each end of the lower edge 20, the material has the inwardly converging openings 21 cut therein which are defined by the spaced parallel edges 22 and 23 and the substantially semicircular inner edge 24 10 has the top are perpendicupanel, the minor panel is positioned so that one of the 9 0 end edges 26 opposes the edge 20 of the front crotch portion 15' of the major panelthus positioning "the wales y of the minor or back panel perpendicular to the wales x of the major panel.

- The width of the minor-panel 12 along an-end edge 26 is the same as the length of theedge 2tlwto which it is secured.

Fig. 5 illustrates a further step injoining panels '10 and 12 together wherein it is shownrthat-an edge -19 is brought intoopposed relation with a side edge 25 'of the minor or back panel for attachment thereto and it is also shown that the length of theedge 19 of the major panel is substantially the same as the length of the minor panel edge 25 to which it issecured, It will, .of course, be understood that theopposite edge 19 of the major panel will be brought into .the'same'relation with the other longitudinal edge 25 of the minor panel to be secured thereto.

When the panels are associated in the manner described with a transverse edge 26 of the'minor panel in position against the edge 20 of the major panel and withthe edges 19 of the major panel in position against the longitudinal edges 25 of the minor panel, the said adjacent or opposing edges are stitched together intheiconventional manner as indicated by the reference characters 27 and ZSinFigs. l and 2.

After the edges of the two 'panels'have been joined in the manner stated, forming the threeseams two of which extend vertically at the back of the garment and one transversely of the crotch, as illustrated in Fig.2, the binding or trim 16may beplaced around the top edge of the garment 'andtheleg openings bound by thetrim 17 as'shown.

As shown in Fig. 2, and as previously setfo'rth, the width of the major panel 10 is such thatthecentral portion 313, will cover the abdomen and the side portions 14 will wrap around the hips, bringing the vertical seams 28 at the back.

' With the Wales running horizontally throughout the portions 13, Hand 15 of the major panel, vertical stretch is provided to'accommodate the garment to the contour of the abdomen andhips while, with. the wales running vertically in the minor or back panel, horizontalstretch is permitted and the droopingor bagging of the seat portion is effectively prevented.

When the panels-are cut from tubular knit material, the top edge 18 of the major, panelwill be a closed or folded edge and one edge of the minor panel will also be closed or folded but to facilitate the joining of, this panel to the m'ajorpanel, the clos'ededgeof the minor panel is cut so as to completely separate the plies.

In Fig. 4, the two pliesof. the major and minor panels are indicated by the reference character 2.. However, as previously stated, the garment may be cut from a length of single ply material if preferred In 'Figs. 1 and 2, thebroken line arrows indicate the direction of stretch of the garmentparts-whereasin the remaining figures, 3, 4 and 5, the full line arrows designatethe direction in which thewales run,.. the stretch being, of course, perpendicular tothe directionindicated by these arrows.

Advantages Thus, by the'practice of this invention, a construction of-such garment is obtained that provides a better-fitting garment with longer wearing qualities due to its unique construction; as follows: (1) The'-main--body-construction is made of two piecesof fabric of double thickness cut from tubular knit cloth thus allowing for double thickness of cloth throughout the entire garment thus adding to the wearing life of same; (2) the two-piece body construction is obtained 'with'only three main seams against similar types of garments with four. or more seams. This'allows for less constriction and more elasticity of. garment providing ,greater' comfort for the wearer. There vis alsoan. economy in manufacturing due to the less seaming operations, and (3) greater comfort in the wearing of the garment is provided in the arrangement;of;the wales in: the two pieces .of knit cloth making up the body portion of the garment providing for greater elasticitywhereneeded,inthat the main piece (larger of the two pieces) wales run horizontally to body allowing garment to give with bending or side stretching thus minimizing the creeping ofthe elastic at the Waist, and in the back panel the wales run perpendicular with the body allowing for-accordion or fan-shape arrangement which'allows spreading or elasticity ofcloth over the buttocks of thebody: This provides more elasticity in bending or stooping in this portion of the garment.

I claim:

1. A legless infant-trainingpant comprising a major panel of rectangular outline having top and-bottom longitudinal marginal edges and transverse endmarginal edges and a rectangular minor panel having straight side edges and straight top and-bottom endedges, the major panel havingtwo complete substantially U-shaped leg'openings therein extending convergently inwardly from; opposite ends of the bottom-marginal edge thereof, forming a depending crotch portion between. said openings of substantially frusto-deltoid outline, the base of which crotch portion comprises a section of said bottom marginaledge, said minor panel bottom edge'being of the same length as and sewn to? the base of said crotch portion and said side'edges of the minor panel each being the same length as and sewn to the transverse end marginal edge of the major panel, the said major panel being adapted to cover the front abdominal portion and wrap around an infants hips and said minor panel'being adapted to close the gap between thetransverse end marginaledges of the major panel across the-,infants rear, the seam between the bottom edge ofthe said bottom marginal section of the major panel andthe attached bottomedge of the minor panel extending across the pant between the leg openings. 2. A legless infant-training pant according to-claim 1 whereinthemajorpanel has wales extending circumferentially-jof thepant andthe minorpanelhas wales ex.- tending longitudinally of thepantr References Citedin the file of this patent UNITED. STATES PATENTS 

